October 3, 2022

 

VICTAM Asia sees "excellent" atmosphere as event welcomes back industry players in Thailand

 

VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide welcomed exhibitors and visitors on September 7 - 9 at IMPACT Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand, for the Victam Asia, Health & Nutrition Asia and GRAPAS Asia events.

 

The three co-located trade fairs focused on animal feed, animal health and nutrition, and the grain and rice processing industries.

 

"It was exciting to be back in Asia again after the COVID pandemic. The atmosphere at the event was excellent as exhibitors and visitors were glad to be participating at a live event again," said the general manager of the Victam Corporation, Sebas van den Ende. "We were happy to finally welcome all these companies and professionals. A few exhibitors were not able to participate due to the strict COVID rules in their countries, but we provided them with a hybrid platform so they were able to participate online. The participating exhibitors attended with exciting stands, machinery and innovations."

 

"This was a great opportunity for the feed and animal health industry to meet in 2022. The exhibition halls were busy over the three event days, with the top 10 visiting countries being Thailand, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, (South) Korea, Myanmar and Singapore," said Birgit Horn, managing director of VIV worldwide.

 

Visitors and press were pleased with the extensive range of products on display, especially the newly launched products, the high quality of the exhibition stands and the great networking opportunities onsite. There were 231 exhibitors from 33 countries present.

 

Companies also stated that it was great to meet their clients and prospects face-to-face again. Exhibitors commented on the very high quality of the visitors and the wide range of countries from which they came.

 

Spread over the three show days, there were 6.121 visitors from 64 countries. 90.4% of the visitors were from Asia and 9.6% of the visitors were international visitors (EMEA, Americas and Oceania).

 

A VIP tour and luncheon were organised at the opening day with key Asian buyers, institution representatives and local authorities, while a delegation of South Korean professionals joined on the second day.

 

On the last day of the event, the show organisers welcomed the management teams of CPF, Betagro, Centaco, Thai Food Group and Thai Vegetable Oil.

 

The organisers of VICTAM Asia and Health & Nutrition Asia also hosted several conferences and meetings with the cooperation of key industry partners, including AFFIA, Aquafeed.com, GMP+, GRAPAS Innovation Seminars, the Thai Feed Mill Association and WPSA.

 

Various conference organisers stated that the delegate attendance was good and that the delegates have appreciated the quality of both the speakers and their papers.

 

Additionally, several exhibitors like Amandus Kahl, Bioproton, Bühler Group, Clextral, DSM, Evonik, Grain Technik, J E S Innovative, Kanters, Premiertech and Proteon presented technical seminars over three days.

 

During the event, both the Victam Corporation and VIV worldwide announced their upcoming events.

 

The Victam Corporation announced that it will expand its business to Latin America. VICTAM LatAm will be organised on October 3 – 5, 2023 at Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, Brazil.

 

VICTAM LatAm is co-located with GRAPAS LatAm, the event for the grain milling and processing industries and with GEAPS, said to be the biggest show in the grain industry.

 

The VIV worldwide organisation announced its upcoming events in Jakarta, ILDEX Indonesia, which is co-located with Aquatica Asia and will be held on November 9-11 at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) this year.

 

VICTAM Asia and Health & Nutrition Asia and GRAPAS Asia will be back in 2024, March 12–14 at the BITEC venue in Thailand.

 

- VICTAM